Girl in spotted dress
Permanent ID:
7253Date:
circa 1853Image Description:
Image: 1/6 plate; Seated girl with hair parted in the center and styled in ringlets, wearing a shoulder-baring short-sleeved spotted dress, with white stockings and laced shoes. Preserver: Straight but more ornate (1850s). Mat: Oval with matte finish and ornate (late 1850s). Case: Paper and leather covered wood frame embossed with a geometric and scrollwork design both front and back, with exterior and interior gilded edge trim, a red velvet pinchpad, and a red velvet cushion embossed with a floral design (1850s).Inscription:
(printed on paper): # 18 Girl. unknown, in poka [sic] dot dress (Identifying List for Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes (housed with collection))(pencil on applied label): # 18 Ambrotype / UNKNOWN GIRL (Verso of adjacent color photographic reproduction)
Format:
AmbrotypeDimensions:
Width: 6.9 cm, Height: 8.2 cm (image)Width: 2 23/32 in, Height: 3 7/32 in (image)
Width: 8.0 cm, Height: 9.4 cm, Depth: 2.0 cm (case)
Width: 3 1/8 in, Height: 3 11/16 in, Depth: 13/16 in (case)
Collection:
Earl, Collins, and Robeson families cased photosRelated Person or Organization:
Barbara Sherman (was donated by)Library of Congress Subjects:
Ambrotype [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85004169]
Photography of children [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85101337]
Photography of children [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85101337]